Abstract
One of the factors for the long endurance of high altitude long endurance (HALE) of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that belong to Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia or called as HALE UAV ITB is the design of battery and solar panel. This paper discusses the method to calculate battery and solar panel requirements for HALE UAV ITB to fly for more than 24 hours at 20.000 feet. Several designs, configuration, and type of solar panels are analysed to fulfil HALE UAV ITB requirements. The variable compared is solar panel area, weight, and types. As a result, the use of Monocrystalline Silicone solar cell was found to be much more efficient than Polycrystalline Silicon, CIGS Thin Film, and Amorphous Silicon Thin Film with power generated per area of 224 Watt/m2 and power per weight of 436 Watt/kg. The minimum area required for a Monocrystalline Silicone type solar cell to generate power is 5.94 m2 with a total cell weight of 5.31 kg.
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